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From: Patricia McIlveen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'berner-l' [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:46 PM
Subject: RE: Learning lessons the hard way...
One time (c. 1989) I clipped my bulldog girl's nails and made her
bleed...The next time
Hi All,
On the various posts here re. clipping dogs' nails.
This is something I have never had to do yet, do leash walk my dogs down on
the road and they wear down naturally! When adoptee Barney arrived he came
with toys and cushions and a pair of clippers! Was told he was due for a
trim! Yes,
Vicky Whitney wrote --
(No lectures, please, on how I should have been doing this since he was
a
baby puppy -- I've learned my lesson, and make a solemn oath that I'll
do so
with the NEXT puppy. Damn, I hate learning lessons the hard way . . .
)
Same goes for me! Except that I completely
One time (c. 1989) I clipped my bulldog girl's nails and made her
bleed...The next time she was fine.
But.. even with some counter-conditioning and positive reinforcement and
desensitization, *I* still get very goosey about nail trims. I need to
be clicker trained!
Patricia McIlveen (Yeoman,
